Novel applications of polysaccharides from lactic acid bacteria: A focus on kefiran

Food Hydrocolloids: Characteristics, Properties and Structures

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 253-271

  Abraham, Analia G ^a,c   Medrano, Micaela ^a   Piermaria, Judith A ^a,c   Mozzi, Fernanda ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO EN CRIOTECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CIDCA   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO DE REFERENCIA PARA LACTOBACILOS CERELA CONICET   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

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